Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1956

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the master modernist, looms over a model of his highly regarded design for Crown Hall, built in 1956 to house the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the master modernist, looms over a model of his highly regarded design for Crown Hall, built in 1956 to house the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture. (Photo courtesy Chicago Historical Society)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the master modernist, looms over a model of his highly regarded design for Crown Hall, built in 1956 to house the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture.